Video Throughput: The Empire Strikes Back
Could a Hoth-like world exist? What about Cloud City? And what’s the deal with the Force anyway? Find out below.
Author: Michael Siegel
Mini-Throughput: The Continued Failure of Malthusianism
Malthusian theory is fine … in a vacuum. But when you take into account human behavior and ingenuity, the theory falls apart.
Thursday Throughput: Uhura Edition
Out of this madness, Uhura appeared. A vision in red and black. Beautiful, smart as hell and not interested in nobody’s nonsense.
Mini-Throughput: Heat Wave Edition
An unprecedented heat wave inevitably comes the debate on whether it is the result of global warming. The answer is no, but yes.
Thursday Throughput: BA5 Edition
Basically, we seem to be in a cycle where COVID is throwing new things at us every six months or so as it continues to circulate through populations.
JWST Unveils the Cosmos
After a quarter of a century, we are finally getting the results of this massive project. And, already, JWST exceed our expectations.
Video Throughput: Armageddon
I’m doing a bumper video for you this week on the 1998 Michael Bay disaster flick “Armageddon”
Mini-Throughput: The Long and Winding Road to Mercury
Three-and-a-half years (or 14 Mercury years) is a long time to wait for the mission to really get going. But Mercury will be worth it.
On Energy Independence and Oil Prices
Donald Trump brought us energy independence and low gas and oil prices; Joe Biden has destroyed that. It’s a good slogan but is it true?
Thursday Throughput: Cretaceous Edition – That Means Dinosaurs
What enraptures children about dinosaurs? Maybe it is, as Dave Barry said, that dinosaurs never get told to go to bed or eat their veggies.
Justice for Ashli Babbitt
While her death is mainly being used to distract from the horror of what went on that day, I am sympathetic to Ashli Babbitt and her family.
Video Throughput: The Science of Star Wars
Any fool can point out the thing Star Wars gets wrong about science. But what did it get right? You’d be surprised how visionary George Lucas was.
Mini-Throughput: What the Data Say About Guns
This field is difficult to study and subject to large biases and complications because gun violence is not monocausal.
Thursday Throughput: Monkeypox Edition
So, here’s the story on monkeypox. It is DNA orthopoxvirus — that’s the family that includes things smallpox.
Mass Shootings, Rampages, And Cascades of Failure
The causes of mass shootings don’t fit neatly into ideological priors and there is no one clear-cut obvious solution to them.
Video Throughput: The Black Hole
oday, I celebrate the unveiling of the Milky Way’s black hole by reviewing the film that Neil DeGrasse Tyson once described as the most scientifically inaccurate movie of all time.
Mini-Throughput, Black Hole Edition: There is a Monster at the end of this Galaxy
Is that they Eye of Sauron? The Ring of Power? Alex Jones’ colonoscopy? It’s actually the black hole at the center of our galaxy
The Election that Could Decide the Election
At first blush, you would think that Doug Mastriano would be a good candidate for governor. Not enough people are paying attention…
Thursday Throughput: Next Gen Vaccine Edition
We want a vaccine that deals with variants in the same way that the measles vaccine does. Some don’t think that is possible with coronavirus.
Video Throughput: John Carter Revisited
Disney’s 2012 John Carter. Is it accurate? Was it accurate when the books were written? Should it have flopped?
